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Looper control functions
List of functions for managing Looper controls
Infinite Table and Looper controls
There are two methods to populate Table and Looper controls programmatically...
Looper control populated programmatically
A Looper control populated programmatically is directly linked to lists stored in memory...
LooperCollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.Expand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
List of Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
FOR EACH/FOR ALL statement (loop through controls)
The statement FOR EACH is used to perform different types of browse on the controls (List Box, Table or Looper controls)...
'Image gallery' Looper control
The "Image gallery" Looper control is used to manage the display of a set of images without programming...
LooperAddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
<Looper>.ExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
<Looper>.Collapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
AAF: Increase the height of the lines in the Table or RepeatString fields
In Table, TreeView Table and Looper controls, the user can resize the height of rows, in read-only or in edit...
<Looper>.CollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.RefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
<Looper>.CollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperRefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
The Linear Looper control
A Linear Looper control is used to display a set of controls in a horizontal scrolling list...
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control...
<Looper>.AddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
<Looper>.AddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
Looper control based on a data file
This type of Looper control uses data from a data file or query...
LooperAddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
Linear Looper control properties
Display different content on each row
In a Looper control, a different content can be assigned to the Table, Chart, List Box and TreeView controls...
LooperCollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperCollapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
The Looper control
A Looper control is used to repeat the controls found in a specific area...
LooperExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
LooperExpand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
MCIExecute (Function)
Runs an MCI command (Media Control Interface).
<Spreadsheet>.MoveWorksheet (Function)
Moves a worksheet within a Spreadsheet control in a window.
HTMLEditorSelect (Function)
Selects a text fragment in an HTML Editor control.
SpreadsheetMergeCell (Function)
Merges specified or selected cells in an Spreadsheet control.
InvalidInputShowMessage (Function)
Displays an invalid input error for the specified control.
HTMLEditorExecuteJS (Function)
Executes JavaScript code in an HTML Editor control.
<Map>.LimitArea (Function)
Limits the geographic area displayed in the Map control.
<Map>.ClosePopup (Function)
Closes the popup of a marker displayed in the Map control.
<Map>.DisplayPopup (Function)
Opens the popup of a marker displayed in a Map control.
<Map>.ChangeStyle (Function)
Changes the style of the map displayed in the Map control.
<HTML editor>.Select (Function)
Selects a text fragment in an HTML Editor control.
<HTML editor>.ExecuteJS (Function)
Executes JavaScript code in an HTML Editor control.
SpreadsheetMoveWorksheet (Function)
Moves a worksheet within a Spreadsheet control in a window.
TableSelectPlus (Function)
Selects a row in a Table or TreeView Table control.
TableSelectMinus (Function)
Deselects a row from a Table or TreeView Table control.
TreeCopyItem (Function)
Copies an element (leaf or node) into a TreeView control.
ControlDelete (Function)
Permanently deletes a control from a window, page or report.
ShowToolTip (Function)
Enables or disables the mechanism for displaying the control tooltips.
TreeGiveChild (Function)
Returns the "children" of an element found in a TreeView control.
TreeModify (Function)
Modifies an element (node or leaf) in a TreeView control.
TreeInsert (Function)
Inserts a leaf into a TreeView control at a specific position.
TreeExpandAll (Function)
Expands a node and all its child elements in a TreeView control.
TreeMoveItem (Function)
Moves an element (leaf or node) in a TreeView control.
OLEPaste (Function)
Pastes the content of Windows clipboard into an OLE control.
grClearPict (Function)
Erases the chart drawing (in an Image control or in a window).